I am completely annoyed that so many eight year old’s have cell phones.  I have run into this so many times with my eight year old that I want to scream!  Since when do kids need phones?

While my eight year old, Abigail, tries to get me to say yes she can have a cellphone I sit and wonder why we are even having this conversation!  AT the age of eight what could you possibly need to  a cell phone for?  Here is what she things she needs it for:

1.  In case I need to call you mom.  Ok this would be a valid argument if it were not for the fact that I go everywhere she does.  She is not 16 with a drivers license.  She is 8.  It is not like all of her friend parents do not have phones in their homes and cell phones!  DENIED!
2.  To talk to my friends.  I am a big believer that kids do not need privacy.  There is no need for it.  She is again 8 years old and I think that it is important that she not be lurking in corner talking to people without being in ear shot of me.  In our home you have to ask to use the phone.  It is after all my phone.  DENIED!
3.  I want to text my friends.  Well unless you have a job I am not paying for my eight year old to text.  She cannot even spell word correctly!  DENIED!
4.  They are rude.  I have run into this problem in Girl Scouts more then once.  Girls texting while we are in the middle of a meeting.  Kids do not think of them as means of communication they are looking at it as a toy.  Parents who are buying these 8 years old girls phones are not even taking the time out to teach them good manners with them.  I think that it is crazy!  DENIED!

At this point Abigail gives up and tells me that I am the worst mom ever and that she hates me.  The thing is that I am ok with all of that.  I just will not buy my eight year old a phone even if she is the only kid in the world without one!

Becca

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